Question

I have a UITableViewController and I want to extend the tableHeaderView of that table a bit.

So in viewDidLoad I added the following:

self.tableView.tableHeaderView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, self.tableView.frame.size.width, 60.0f)];

Fine, works well – I got my header view.

Now I want to add a Button on top of that view. So I add the following code:

UIButton *someButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 100.0f, 20.0f)];
[someButton setTitle:@"Filter" forState:UIControlStateNormal];

[self.tableView.tableHeaderView addSubview:someButton];

But the button don’t appear on the tableHeaderView. When I run the same code with a UILabel instead of a UIButton I can see the label.

Where’s my mistake?

Answer 1

Have a look at this SO question: UIButton – alloc initWithFrame: vs. buttonWithType:

I recommend you use UIButton *someButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect]; or something similar to that.